Historic New England

The landscape architecture legacy of Dan Kiley :a guide to the National Traveling Exhibition /sponsored by The Cultural Landscape Foundation.

70 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map, plans ; 21 cm., "This exhibition and catalogue are meant to be an introduction to Kiley's life and work, not an exhaustive survey. By design, the catalogue entries, which present Kiley's projects chronologically, provides a brief history and documentat...

Creators: Cultural Landscape Foundation. Boston Architectural College, National Building Museum (U.S.),

GUSN: 367332

Call Number: Stacks SB470.K55 L36 2013

Practical landscape gardening,with reference to the improvement of rural residences, giving the general principles of the art; with full directions for planting shade trees, shrubbery and flowers, and laying out ground. By G.M. Kern.

328 pages frontispiece, plates, plans 19 cm

Date: 1855.

Creators: Kern, G. M.

GUSN: 367333

Call Number: Stacks SB471.K39

The homes of the new world :impressions of America /by Fredrika Bremer ; translated by Mary Howitt.

2 volumes ; 20 cm

Creators: Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865, author. Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham), 1799-1888, translator.

GUSN: 367334

Call Number: Stacks E166.B84 1868

John Warner Barber's views of Connecticut towns 1834-36 /edited by Christopher P. Bickford, J. Bard NcNulty.

xxix, 123 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1990.

Creators: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. Bickford, Christopher P. McNulty, J. Bard (John Bard)

GUSN: 367335

Call Number: Stacks F99.B37 1990

White-tipped orange masts :Gloucester's fishing draggers /Peter K. Prybot.

250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Date: Ã2007.

Creators: Prybot, Peter K.

GUSN: 367336

Call Number: Sracks SH222.M4 P79 2007

Secrets of the water rats :a Rhode Island girlhood, 1930s-1940s /Jean C. McCrosky.

xii, 142 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Date: Ã2003.

Creators: McCrosky, Jean C.

GUSN: 367337

Call Number: Stacks CT275.M4653544 A3 2003

Black Walden :slavery and its aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts /Elise Lemire.

232 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm, Between the Revolution and the settlement of the little cabin with the bean rows, however, Walden Woods was home to several generations of freed slaves and their children. Living on the fringes of society, they attempted to pursue lives of freedom, promised by...

Date: Ã2009.

Creators: Lemire, Elise Virginia.

GUSN: 367338

Call Number: Stacks F74.C8 $b L46 2009

Ballykilcline rising :from famine Ireland to immigrant America /Mary Lee Dunn.

xxii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "In 1847, in the third year of Ireland's Great Famine and the thirteenth year of their rent strike against the Crown, hundreds of tenant farmers in Ballykilcline, County Roscommon, were evicted by the Queen's agents and shipped to New York. Mary Lee Dunn tell...

Date: Ã2008.

Creators: Dunn, Mary Lee.

GUSN: 367339

Call Number: Stacks F59.R9 D86 2008

George Washington & his generals /by Emily L. Schulz, Laura B. Simo ; foreword by James C. Reese ; introduction by Jack D. Warren, Jr.

190 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color portraits ; 23 cm, "A companion to an exhibition on display February 21, 2009 through January 10, 2010 in the F.M. Kirby Foundation Gallery at the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center at Mount Vernon."

Date: Ã2009.

Creators: Schulz, Emily L. Simo, Laura B. Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center (Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)) Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. William L. Clements Library.

GUSN: 367340

Call Number: Stacks E312.17 S38x 2009

The Baker Chocolate Company :a sweet history /Anthony Sammarco.

126 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm, In 1765, Dr. James Baker of Dorchester stumbled upon Irishman John Hannon crying on the banks of the mighty Neponset River. Hannon, though penniless, possessed the rare skills required to create chocolate--a delicacy exclu...

Date: 2009.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell.

GUSN: 367341

Call Number: Stacks HD9200.U54 B357 2009

Beverly revisited.

128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm., Beverly was first settled by five men known as the "Old Planters" and was incorporated as a town in 1668. Its first minister, Rev. John Hale, was the author of an important work on the Salem witch hysteria. In 1775, the schooner Hannah, the first commissione...

Date: Ã2010.

Creators: Beverly Historical Society.

GUSN: 367342

Call Number: Stacks F74.B35 B62 2010

25 years of Record houses /edited by Herbert L. Smith, Jr.

xii, 207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm, Describes and illustrates fifty-seven award-winning homes and discusses the approaches they have taken towards space, structure, function, and energy conservation.

Date: Ã1981.

Creators: Smith, Herbert L.

GUSN: 367343

Call Number: Stacks NA7205.A13

Haverhill, Massachusetts :an industrial and commercial center.

260 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Date: 1889.

Creators: Haverhill Board of Trade. Committee on Statistics and Information.

GUSN: 367344

Call Number: Stacks F74.H5 H56

Typical elms and other trees of Massachusetts.Introductory chapter by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Descriptive text by Lorin L. Dame. Plates by Henry Brooks, reproduced by the photogelatine process.

89 pages 58 plates 36 cm

Date: 1890.

Creators: Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Brooks, Henry, 1857-

GUSN: 367345

Call Number: Rare QK484.M4 D2

A space for faith :the colonial meeting houses of New England /Paul Wainwright, photographer ; essay by Peter Benes ; foreword by Brent D. Glass ; commentary by William E. Williams.

xiv, 114 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm, Using only four-by-five-inch sheet film and natural light, photographer Paul Wainwright collected and presents images, both internal and external, of New England's remaining colonial meetinghouses.

Date: Ã2009.

Creators: Wainwright, Paul (Paul Frederick)

GUSN: 367346

Call Number: Stacks NA5215.W35 2009

Richard Andrew :called to paint /Marian G. Mullet, author ; Martha M. Winsor, researcher and editor ; Deborah W. Batt, photographer and graphic designer.

ix, 160 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 31 cm

Date: Ã2010.

Creators: Mullet, Marian G. Winsor, Martha M. Batt, Deborah W.

GUSN: 367347

Call Number: Coll. ND237.A53 M85 2010

Seen and received :the Shakers' private art /Sharon Duane Koomler.

69 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cm

Date: 2000.

Creators: Koomler, Sharon Duane.

GUSN: 367348

Call Number: Stacks NC107.K66 2000

Pawtuxet Rhode Island /Donald A. D'Amato and Henry A.L. Brown.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 1997.

Creators: D'Amato, Donald A., 1931- Brown, Henry A. L., 1931-

GUSN: 367349

Call Number: Stacks F89.P39 D36 1997

Boston's West End /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 24 cm., Features a collection of black-and-white photographs that showcase the development of Boston's West End, as well as the people and places that have come to define it.

Date: Ã1998.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell.

GUSN: 367350

Call Number: Stacks F73.68.W47 S36 1998

Davisville and the Seabees /Walter K. Schroder and Gloria A. Emma.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1999.

Creators: Schroder, Walter K., 1928- Emma, Gloria A.

GUSN: 367351

Call Number: Stacks VA66.C6 S35 1999

Braintree /John A. Dennehy.

127 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2010.

Creators: Dennehy, John A.

GUSN: 367352

Call Number: Stacks F74.B6 D46 2010

Steamboats of Gloucester and the North Shore /John Lester Sutherland.

pages cm

Date: 2004.

Creators: Sutherland, John Lester.

GUSN: 367353

Call Number: Stacks HE5784.G55 S88 2004

The Revolutionary War in Bennington County :a history and guide /Richard B. Smith.

160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2008.

Creators: Smith, Richard B.

GUSN: 367354

Call Number: Stacks E230.5.V3 S65 2008

Pittsfield :Gem City in the Gilded Age /Carole Owens.

117 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm

Date: 2007.

Creators: Owens, Carole.

GUSN: 367355

Call Number: Stacks F74.P6 O84 2007

Newton Massachusetts, 1688-1988 :a celebration of three hundred years. Looking at Newton : the garden city in 1988 /by Thelma Fleishman ; with concluding chapter by Elsie M. Husher.

126 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1988.

Creators: Fleishman, Thelma. Looking at Newton. Newton Tricentennial Corporation (Newton, Mass.)

GUSN: 367356

Call Number: Stacks F74.N56 N48 1988

Ostrich Egg

Large, naturally brown-speckled egg; one large and one small hole (not decorated).

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2280

Accession Number: 1991.288

Ostrich Egg

Large, cream-colored, naturally pitted egg (not decorated).

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2281

Accession Number: 1991.289

Box

Rectangular form with sliding cover, projecting rounded handle at one end, sides with raised panels incised with a circle and flower motif enclosed by sawtooth patterned chip-carved borders; handle also incised with flower and circle; old brown paint.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: chip carving, incising, maple (wood)

GUSN: 2282

Accession Number: 1991.290

Candlestand

Cherry tripod base candlestnad with turned baluster and round top covered with decorated floor cloth.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), oilcloth, painting (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2283

Accession Number: 1991.291

Chest

Joined chest. Riven oak, pine, and maple. Atlantic white cedar moldings on panels. Overhanging hinged lid with molded edge and pegged cleats on case. Molded and sawtooth carved top front rail over three recessed panels enclosed by muntins with applied turned split spindles. Center panel with notche...

Date: 1650-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), pine (wood), joining, white cedar (wood)

GUSN: 2284

Accession Number: 1991.292

Sail Maker's Bag

Canvas sail maker's bag, of long, vertical duffle-bag shape, natural color, handstitched, the top of copper gromets laced with thin roping ending in macrame', the front of the bag bearing the initials "H.W." in black paint.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, stitching, macrame (technique), rope, thread

GUSN: 2285

Accession Number: 1991.293

Sail Maker's Bag

Tubular-shaped off-white bag with hand-sewn seams, narrows to top drawstring and closure; macrame' knotted shoulder straps and hanging device; the gromets are hand-sewn with string.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, macrame (technique)

GUSN: 2286

Accession Number: 1991.294

Trade Bag Panel

Rectangular piece of burlap trade bag, two selvage ends, two rough ends, incribed with penmanship, "Baker & Lincoln / Hingham / to be left at / Elm St. Stage Office / Boston"; reverse has stenciled "WX (in diamond) 66" marks.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, ink

GUSN: 2287

Accession Number: 1991.295

Coverlet

Bedspread/coverlet of nearly square form, comprised of four panels, quilted with centeral tulip over heart embroidered with initials and date "LB 1803" enclosed by scrolled feathering, palmettes, floral sprigs, corner leaves, and three-sided half-feather pattern border with hearts in each corner; gr...

Date: 1803

Maker: Batchelder, Lydia (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), linen (material), quilting, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2288

Accession Number: 1991.296

Coverlet

"Linsey-woolsey" coverlet/bedspread of suared form with bottom corners cut out; comprised on three panels, quilted with diamond blocks set in diagonal rows, each containing floral, palmetic and feather-quilted motif set against group of quilted parallel diagonal lines, scalloped feather pattern wher...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), quilting, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2289

Accession Number: 1991.297

Blanket

Handwoven wool blanket, rectangular form of one panel, natural color with taupe stripe at both ends, wheel designs at each corner embroidered in rose, taupe, butternut and yellow; loose buttonhole stitch (rose) decoratively trimming edges; remains of initial at one corner.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving, yarn

GUSN: 2290

Accession Number: 1991.298

Blanket

Large woven wool blanket of rectangular form, one panel, of natural ecru color with taupe stripe at each end, four corners decorated with wool-embroidered wheel designs in taupe with inner squares of rose, butternut and cream wool, worn overcast edge in loose buttonhole stitch in rose thread.

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2291

Accession Number: 1991.299

Blanket

Square form, of home spun and woven white boiled wool with taupe stripe at one end, and embroidered with taupe wool yarns with wheel-like devices at two corners.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving, yarn

GUSN: 2292

Accession Number: 1991.300

Crib Blanket

Woven wool blanket, natural ecru with polychrome striped bands at ends, embroidered with wheel decoration at corners in red, green, yellow; red cross-stitch decoratively trimming each end.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2293

Accession Number: 1991.301

Piece of a Blanket

A corner of a blanket: rectangular piece of white boiled wool with band of taupe at one end; one corner embroidered with butternut and yellow wool yarns in a wheel-like device.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2294

Accession Number: 1991.302

Blanket

Rectangular form of off-white wool woven with band of dark blue at each end, the corners embroidered with wheel-like devices in navy, yellow and rose wool yarns; the ends overcast with rose embroidery.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2295

Accession Number: 1991.303

Settle

The high straight back comprised of four horizontal boards over a shallow plank seat enclosed by shaped end bands that form arm rests and flare to back base. In old red paint.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2296

Accession Number: 1991.304

Pipkin

Open pot of round form with slightly flared rim with straight tapering handle, raised on three long splayed feet.

Date: 1740-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 2297

Accession Number: 1991.305

Pipkin

Open pot of round form with straight tapering handle, raised on three splayed legs.

Date: 1740-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 2298

Accession Number: 1991.306

Andiron

Brass steeple-shaped finial on blade-form iron shaft decorated with notches and brass boss; raised on trestle feet.

Date: 1740-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 2299

Accession Number: 1991.307B

Tin Kitchen

Of almost tubular form, open at one long side; centered handle at top with iron spit; spit handle extends through one end; this end is pierced to hold spur on spit handle; a spout and spit "point" at other end; raised on front wire posts which end in rings at top and rear tin strap legs.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2300

Accession Number: 1991.308

Spit

Spit with slotted shaft and bent crank handle supported on trestle base with penny-shaped ends; spit is held by U-shaped and ring-ended uprights.

Date: 1700-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 2301

Accession Number: 1991.309

Carver Chair

Carver-type chair with turned rear uprights with spool and egg shaped finials joined by a turned crest rail, and rod-like second and lower rails enclosing three turned spindles; turned front posts with ball-shaped hand holds, incised rod-turned arms over a painted splint seat, turned box stretchers...

Date: 1680-1720

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), painting (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2302

Accession Number: 1991.310

Shelf Clock

Pine or maple. Molded flat pediment on square hood with conforming glazed door with reverse painted spandrels of red and black abstract flowerheads on white ground; enclosing black and white painted metal dial with roman numerals and inscription (see Inscription). On a waisted case with molded corni...

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Brackett, Reuben (Maker)

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2303

Accession Number: 1991.311

"Taunton Chest" Box

Overhanging molded rectangular lid with cotter-pin hinges, on case with single drawer, molded base, half round molding outlines case front and drawer; painted red-brown and decorated with fruit tree over two spread-wing birds in white, red, brown.

Date: 1725-1750

Maker: Attributed to Crosman, Robert, 1707-1799 (Cabinetmaker)

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2304

Accession Number: 1991.312

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